one foot in front of the other foot

[sageprincess]

Characters: Anyone not stuck in the dorms
Setting: Anywhere but the dorms
Format: Pick your poison/party style
Summary: General mingle log for the rescue team side of things during quarantine. There will be subthreads for each day of the event!
Warnings: General horrortower warnings

[At least it's not a space flying whale trying to bring the Tower down this time around?]

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Day 2

[sageprincess]

[More explosions rock the Tower today, leaving the hanging gardens completely inaccessible. Floor 100 is faring only marginally better, with metal and electrical wires strewn about, making it difficult to traverse in the dim red light of the emergency lights.

Move the rubble out of the way, and don't touch anything that looks like a bomb, Riki had said. Though perhaps that's all easier said than done.]

[ainohenshin]

[ Somehow Kuwabara got himself semi buried in the mess but he's pushing his own weight out of the debris. Somehow he survived not being stuck in a room. Not that he knew that. He's just running around trying to figure out what's going on and trying to find his friends.

All the explosions and such seems to be enough that he has to draw out his spirit sword. He's making sure the spirit energy channeled weapon is at it's strongest just in case something jumps out. ]

[withani]

[On the bright side, being half-ghost means she literally has her own light source - it's faint compared to, say, a light bulb, but it's still noticeable. Not to mention that the dark environment as a whole really isn't that much trouble for her.

On the less-fortunate side, even if she's half ghost, she's still only a 12 year-old girl in size and build, which means the most she's really able to do is dig out smaller bits of rubble from between the big pieces. Though she is doing a fair bit of that! Maybe it'll help the others who can move the big pieces, or... something.

But hey, if you got trapped in the explosion (and weren't on floor 101), give her a shout! She can get you out of there, at least.]

Re: Day 2

[frilliance]

[He may not have special powers and he may still be training to fight but that was not going to stop Edgeworth from helping out in the effort to clear out the rubble. He has been getting stronger and taking walking and swimming exercises as well as his self-defence training. Still, he is not strong enough to move any of the larger pieces but he is helping as best as he can.

Help him out? Call out if you are one of the people trapped by the new explosions so he can hear you?]

[scentofmakai]

[Fly arms aren't too good for grabbing onto big things like rocks, which means though Zett's demonic strength is being put to work grabbing some of the larger debris, he's in his most human form.

It may be curious to see such a little guy carrying pieces bigger than him, but honestly, does anyone care?

He works with single-minded determination, barely ever stopping to rest.]

[alephbet]

[Floor one hundred is a powers on floor.

This means that while Aleph is clearing away debris, he is also directing his team of demons - the ones with arms anyway, meaning Beelzebub, Shiva, Anubis, Rangda, and Lilim - in clearing away the rubble. Aleph himself is no slouch; he has the strength of the pinnacle of human ability, being artificially made.

But it sure is nice to work with five other people. If you need help carrying something, one of the demons is likely to come to your aid.]

[notachickenhawk]

[Tobias is glad that floor 100 is a floor where powers are on - because that means he can morph. As soon as he's sure people aren't in his way, he lumbers in, his form huge and imposing. He crashes into some of the heavier debris, trumpeting a bit as he shoulders it to the side.]

[brbtalkingtogod]

[One talk about a month going down towards the end and that literally. Lucifel has thought that it would remain calm but it seems he has hoped for too much.

While he had been lucky not to get stuck in the dormitory, nor be one of the poor souls stuck on Floor 101, he is far from his usually calm state of being. And the source for that is that it seems that a certain somebody got himself into trouble. Again.

For most of the day Lucifel will be helping out with clearing the rubble to free the way to the lower floors.]

Re: Day 2

[ladyliberty]

[Amelia had been on the lower floors when the explosions happened, but had quickly come up to see what the source of the noise had been. Now she was helping clear away the rubble on floor 100 with the others.

On the bright side, this was a perfect opportunity to practice controlling her powers. Going for a large piece of debris, Amelia took a deep breath, trying to clear her mind. Just like flying. Only not. But after a few minutes of unsuccessful attempts and losing, she finally manages to get the debris light enough that she can pick it up and start to carry it out of the way.

As long as she can keep her mind clear and focused, the rest should be easy.]

[sageprincess]

[Pure physical strength has never been Zelda's strong suit, and as such she stays largely out of the way of those more fit for handling the debris. But that doesn't mean she can't be helpful in other ways; all that heavy lifting is bound to be tiring after all. So she makes a point of periodically making the trip down to the cafeteria and bringing provisions back up to where the others are working.

Keeping to the edge of the work area, she carries several bottles of water in tow, offering them as she passes by those who are moving debris.]

Excuse me, would you like some water?

[justabignobody]

[Riku has no trouble navigating the floor, he can see just fine in even darker places than this and even if he couldn't see... well, that wouldn't be an all that new situation either.

The first thing his mind goes to when Riki speaks of 'bomb' are the Minute Bomb Heartless - weak by themselves, but increasingly dangerous in groups unless taken care of quickly - but that's probably not it. They'll just have to be careful.

For now he is looking if anyone is trapped, injured or otherwise in need of help, before he moves off to carefully trying to lift away some of the smaller debris with his Keyblade.]

[technologic]

[While April isn't exactly the most strongest person around, she is able to use her electrokinesis as a sort of light source, leaving small balls of electricity hanging in the air to help illuminate the floor. The dogs that she is able to create out of electricity also both act as a source of light, and also help to move the debris, even if they can't move much. But every little bit helps.

As for April herself, she is strong for someone of her size, but she still does have trouble moving some of the larger pieces of debris and the effort to do so seems to cause her to start to limp due to her bad leg. That doesn't stop her though, and she will go over to help anyone else who might be having trouble.]

[sicharia]

[Of course Claudia is here, helping to clear away the rubble, even if she isn't quite sure what to do with it once she has picked it up. In the end, she winds up simply shifting it aside, placing it as far from the stairs as she can so that it doesn't get in the way.]

[So, in the dim, red glow, a delicate-looking woman can be found struggling with shards of metal too large for her to comfortably carry. She doesn't seem to care about over-taxing herself, though; after all, clearing the way is much more important than her own health.]

I swear I know what I'm doing.

[blockspenguins]

[[One thing Endou needed to do was find his friends, and so this had him visiting all of the floors, asking people if they'd seen either Urotsuki or Kidou. To assist him he had two...admittedly poorly drawn pictures of his two friends. But at least Kidou should be recognizable. Who else wears what looks to be goggles and has dookie dreads like that?]]

[thinkwisely]

[After all the explosions that had occurred in such a short amount of time--and seeing the level of damage that the 101st and 100th floor had taken, Ivan couldn't say he was terribly confident that he'd be able to make much of a dent in debris movement.

Regardless, he was determined to try. Rather small for his age he might have been (and in general had been the youngest one in his party back on Weyard), but what he lacked in strength he made up for in tenacity--and a hell of a lot of psynergy to spare. Ivan wouldn't really be able to live with himself if he didn't do what he could to lend a hand.

So, lifting gem clutched tightly in one of his hands, Ivan can be found with his eyes closed in concentration. In front of him, decent sized pieces of rubble (that he certainly wouldn't be able to carry on his own otherwise) will slowly lift up from their stuck position. He can't boast much mobility with the combined efforts of the lifting gem and his psynergy, but he's at least getting them out of the way.]

[undroppedeaves]

[Sam might have no powers, and he might be very small. But he was determined and so was mostly gathering the smaller pieces of debris and moving them away. Seemed to him that if those pieces were out the way then those that could move the larger pieces would have an easier time of it.


Sometimes he grabs pieces a little bit too big though, and he is always willing to come to the help of any who look like they need it.]

[blackestomen]

[This sort of manual labour was something that Zeal wasn't the least bit suited to. Even with all of her magical prowess, she could only crack so many large rocks with blasts of shadow or lift so much fine rubble with puffs of air before she became exhausted.

Still. She wants to be of help. She'd rather do very little than be utterly useless. So she's sitting well out of the way of the work, back closer to the stairs, posture straight and head high, attempting to meditate to let some of her magical capacity ease back. It wasn't an environment that was terribly conducive to it. Too noisy. Too nerve-wracking. She was this close to getting up and going elsewhere... as possibly indicated by the irritable frown on her face, and all the non-meditative shifting she's doing.]

[humility]

[if Aqua was a more emotional person, she may have been marvelling at her luck for surviving. or lack of luck for arriving not very long before all this madness.

but she's a practical sort, focused on the present and in a hurry to help whomever she can. shifting rubble. straightforward. mustering her strength, Aqua pitches in, lifting anything and everything she can, and straining to do as much as she can against what she can't actually move on her own.

tucking her long bangs behind her ears with dirty hands, she notices that in her tunnel-vision need to be productive, she has almost bumped into you. she smiles, and nods politely.]

Are you doing okay?

Day 3

[sageprincess]

[Fortunately there are no more explosions today, though Riki's voice rings out over the loudspeakers in the afternoon.

"You're doing pretty good with clearing the debris. Some of you keep doing that, but anyone who isn't so good at moving chunks of metal around, I've got something else for you to do. I need photography and video of the scene. I'll be sending cameras and video cameras up for you to use. Record what you can of floor 100 and floor 101, if you can reach it, then send the cameras back to me by tomorrow morning. I need day and night footage. Careful about the monsters, though--these cameras're special."

Who knows why he needs visuals of the scene, but a task's a task, right? The cameras can be found in the cafeteria. ... That comment about monsters might be a bit concerning, though.]

[scentofmakai]

[Working on Floor 100, taking pictures there, or for any reason just around that floor when monsters are out?

That blast of electricity towards the nearest monster means that Zett is working bodyguard duty now. His attacks are very powerful - with no reason to hold back, he can outperform most other demons on his world. He's also very hard to hit, though if the monster's attention gets to someone else he doesn't mind tanking an attack just to get the monster attacking him again.

After the monster is taken care of, he'll probably come up to his rescuee.] How's the work going?

[alephbet]

[Aleph works on floor 101 carrying rubble. He's naturally strong, but he can't have his demons support him here, which makes the process a lot slower.

Any monsters showing up, though, will get the business end of his sword - that doesn't go away and he's more than confident enough with it.]

and now for something completely different - Infirmary

[bashfulshifter]

[It's been three days--three days of moving rubble, digging people out and making sure they're okay, catching up and helping others--three days of being in constant fear of monsters, worrying about those he can't find, being buried under rubble and working through his injuries anyways--]

[--three days of not bathing. Now that finally drew the line.]

[By the time Rick stumbles his way into the infirmary in the afternoon of the third day, he's feeling pretty miserable, from lack of sleep and pain and hunger and other such general discomfort. He decides that the first place to start might be getting his left arm splinted--if it wasn't broken to start with, the ugly red and yellow bruising tells him that it almost certainly is now, and it's quickly becoming too painful to concentrate on much else. Maybe in visiting here, he'll also run into others too hurt to help move things, and thus get a better idea about where some of his missing friends have gone.]

[Following receiving proper medical attention, Rick will monopolize the infirmary bathroom for a while to clean himself up the best he can. Sorry, Tower. Maybe if you're polite about it and knock, he'll leave.]

[brbtalkingtogod]

[It's not like Lucifel couldn't move the debris around, but collecting information is more his thing.

So as soon as Riki has made his announcement the archangel got one of the cameras into his hands. He knows how to handle these, he had seen them during his travels to the future. Day and Night footage, huh? Well, might as well take this as a chance to see if he would manage well still with just a few hours of sleep only.

The comment about the monsters worries him not much, nevertheless he had to be careful either way.

He will remain on Floor 100 all day and night.

However, starting from midnight he will act oddly. Before it was just the pictures that had gotten slightly disturbing, but his own sight seemed to follow. Eyes are staring at him, follow his every move. But no one seems to notice. Lucifel is constantly looking around, even if people are speaking to him.

At 1AM it gets even worse.

As if they were trying to stare into the deepest parts of him. His mind, his soul even. Almost painful.

It isn't until 5AM, one hour after the eyes vanished, that he is sure they won't come back anytime soon and he goes to sleep for a few hours.]

[sageprincess]

Any time before 11:00pm

[Pictographs, huh? She can't say she's entirely familiar with them, but she knows enough, and it will be more productive than attempting to move debris herself. She still makes periodic trips to the cafeteria for food and water during the day, but instead of handing them out, she leaves them in a neat pile off to the side of Floor 100. The rest of her time is spent peering through the camera's viewfinder, taking pictures of anything she might think would be useful. Fortunately, she's nimble, so carefully making her way through the wreckage of Floor 101 isn't terribly difficult.

As night falls, though, her picture taking grows slower, as she starts to notice strange things appearing only through the lens of the camera. Baubles of light and odd shapes that grow in size and form as the night wears on.

Weird...]

11:00pm-11:59pm

[As midnight approaches, things turn from strange to downright creepy. The strange shapes and lights form into what looks like arms, seen only through the camera's lens. Arms almost like the ones she saw below, when her task was to find a button and uncover the truth about the revival process.]

Ruana...?

[The name is whispered, a question to the air as she looks over the pictures she's taken, not daring to be much louder lest she attract the attention of monsters.

Funny, it never occurred to her that she could be behind all this.]

Midnight

[As the clock strikes twelve, she freezes.

The arms are still there, even though she's brought the camera down. They're reaching for her, straining to grab hold of her like they did when she infiltrated Ruana's personal library, only this time there's no golden dragon to whisk her away, no door to slam shut on them. She stares, wide-eyed, her breathing growing more and more shaky with each moment the arms don't disappear.

That's enough photography for the night.

After her panicked flashback, she quickly makes her way through the debris to try to reach the stairwell once more. Her movements are not as smooth as they were when she began, now driven more by desperation than responsibility, and she looks as though she's seen a ghost...]

Day 4/Day 5

[sageprincess]

[The day after the cameras arrived is uneventful, and likely filled with even more clean-up of Floor 101 and 100.

On Saturday, however, Riki's voice once again rings out over the loudspeakers:

"Looks like there's been a bit of a psychoradiation leak. Nothing major--no one up there should be dead--but it can have some odd effects on that area. You're going to need to clear a path for the worker units in an emergency staircase. Be careful and don't work in the area for more than an hour or two at a time."

A door has appeared, apparently out of thin air, on floor 101. The rubble will have to be cleared a bit to open it, but it leads to a side staircase that goes up into dormitory floor five. It's completely blocked with debris, and no superhuman abilities work here, but it should be able to be cleared in a day or two. Unfortunately, the psychoradiation has spread into this side area...]

[alae]

[Great. Just fucking great. Just what they need, more psychoradiation stuff.]

[Whatever. He heads into working on clearing. He might not be able to use any of his abilities, but he's still strong.]